Alfred Stieglitz
The Swimming Lesson

The Swimming Lesson

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1864–1946
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Swimming Lesson
  • from Camera Work, Number 36
Datepublished October 1911
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 9 1/16 in. (14.9 × 23 cm)
 Sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 1/16 in. (19.8 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number78.88.9
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[The Cronin Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1978.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
no apparent inscriptions

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